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Seventh Year
GryffindorBeing Chased by Singing Dwarves with Valentines

Join Date

Aug 2010

Location

Behind my piano

Posts

701

Maple's Banners! :D

Hey everyone! So I'm pretty sure when I convinced SiningWren to start a thread, I had to make one too...and she kind of mentioned it recently, so I'm starting a thread
I am AVAILABLE for banner requests with anywhere from one day to a weeks wait. I'm actually kind of pumped to have started this thread, not gonna lie.

Name: Call me MapleAge: 18Graphics program of choice: Gimp 2.6 (I think) How long you have been designing: I did it for a few months, stopped, and just started up again.Specialties: Umm? I personally like my text.Favourite FanFic Category: Romance and Humour in the Trio era or Post-Hogwarts about the Trio, preferably when they are young (ie teens, very early 20s)OTP: I don’t really have one. I like Hermione pairings.Any stories on MNFF? Take a peek!

Title of your Story:
Author Name: (If you'd like it on the banner)
Catch phrase: (Only if you’d like one, of course)
Overall look of the banner: (i.e. colors, images)
Fonts: (i.e. specific name of font or a general idea)
Characters: (Specific Characters in the banner? If so, would you like movie characters or images of your choosing or my choosing)
Story Summary: (So we can get a feel of your story, a link would be peachy as well)
Banner size: (So it fits in with the rest of your signature; may not exceed 300x500px)
Have You Requested This Banner Before?:
Anything else?

Seventh Year
GryffindorBeing Chased by Singing Dwarves with Valentines

Join Date

Aug 2010

Location

Behind my piano

Posts

701

I'm glad you like it Megan!

So I was looking through Russia's banner thread (as I stalk everyone's banner threads often) and I came across a bunch of pictures that Becca had given her to play with. So I stole one (I'm sure I could have found it on google anyway! Hopefully Becca doesn't mind ) and came up with this:

Ooh, Miss Maple, I love that banner. The effect of the text outline around the girl is nifty. My only critique would be to play around with the layer effects of of the 'Who you are is not what you did' text, because it's really hard to read. It doesn't have to be opaque... just a little less invisible. Maybe a combination of soft light and overlay... just play around with it a bit and make it so one doesn't have to squash their face into the monitor to see what it says.

Overall, though, your banners are becoming more and more artistic, and you have a good eye for fun and inspiring pictures. That's something you can't be taught, I think.

"Alphard,
I love you. I love you. I love you. And you know I would never waste those words. I would never say those words if I didnít mean them."
This is the letter Alphard Black is reading at the breakfast table with his sister Walburga watching him very, very closely.
Why did Alphard Black leave all his money to his errant nephew Sirius?
Might it have been because the letter he read one morning in the early fifties was from a Muggleborn?